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Procedure:

You can apply for your National ID Card at any office of the Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration (MHAI). All applications are sent to the MHAI head office in Windhoek for further processing. Your fingerprints will be matched with those already on record or entered into the National Population Registration System. Your application will then be processed and once issued, your ID card will be forwarded to the office where you applied for you to collect.

Documents to act as proof of requested change [Original (should not be handed in) and copy] – only applies to a Correction. For woman changing to her husband’s surname / or from marriage surname back to maiden name:

Marriage Certificate, Divorce Order or Death Certificate – only applies to a Change